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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
Topic:[GS-I] Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.21 PYQs
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Mains - GS-I
8 shown2026•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
Discuss the impact of Macaulay's Minute on colonial administration and education in India.
Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
2022•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
Why did the armies of the British East India Company - mostly comprising of Indian soldiers - win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of the then Indian rulers? Give reasons.
Modern History
2022•Mains•GS-I•Q.3
Why was there a sudden spurt in famines in colonial India since the mid-eighteenth century? Give reasons.
Modern History
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj.
Modern History
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.
Modern History
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.3
Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century's 'Indian Renaissance' and the emergence of national identity.
Modern Indian History
2017•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.
GS-I
2017•Mains•GS-I•Q.12
Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
Modern History
Prelims - Paper 1 (GS)
12 shown2025•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.11
Consider the following statements about Raja Ram Mohan Roy :
I. He possessed great love and respect for the traditional philosophical systems of the East.
II. He desired his countrymen to accept the rational and scientific approach and the principle of human dignity and social equality of all men and women.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Modern History
2020•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.34
Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because
Modern History
2020•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.35
With reference to the history of India, "Ulgulan" or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events?
Modern History
2019•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.14
With reference to the British colonial rule in India, consider the following statements :
1
Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the abolition of the system of 'indentured labour'.
2
In Lord Chelmsford's 'War Conference', Mahatma Gandhi did not support the resolution on recruiting Indians for World War.
3
Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Law by Indian people, the Indian National Congress was declared illegal by the colonial rulers.
Modern Indian History - National Movement
2019•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.15
With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs : Person : Position held
1
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru : President, All India Liberal Federation
2
K. C. Neogy : Member, The Constituent Assembly
3
P. C. Joshi : General Secretary, Communist Party of India
Indian National Movement and Polity
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.19
Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true ?
1
Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
2
Establishment of universities was recommended.
3
English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.
Modern Indian History
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.68
The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
Modern Indian History
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.70
Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948 ?
Modern History
2017•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.13
Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British rule?
1
Lord Cornwallis
2
Alexander Read
3
Thomas Munro
Modern History
2016•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.58
Satya Shodhak Samaj organized
Modern Indian History (GS-I)
2016•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.64
The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to
Modern History
2016•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.69
Consider the following:
1
Calcutta Unitarian Committee
2
Tabernacle of New Dispensation
3
Indian Reform Association
Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?
Modern History